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In 2014, Arianespace had 60% of commercial launch but they were passed by SpaceX in launch market share in 2017. Paris and Rome have created a “working group on the future of European launchers” which will deliver conclusions in September. SpaceX was third place in number of launches in 2014…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX just fired up its latest Starship prototype, keeping the vehicle on track for a high-altitude test flight this week. The three Raptor engines of Starship SN11 ("Serial No. 11") ignited briefly today (March 22) at 9:56 a.m. EDT (1356 GMT) during a static fire test at…

SpaceX Starship will be a fully reusable rocket. It will be able to fly 6000-8000 miles on Earth which is the same as long-range commercial passenger planes. It will do this in a single stage. It will remain a fully re-used one-piece vehicle. However, SpaceX Starship will be 25 times…

by Jeff Foust — March 19, 2021 NASA will rely on the autonomous maneuvering system on SpaceX's Starlink satellites to avoid any close approaches between that fleet of spacecraft and NASA spacecraft, like the International Space Station. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — SpaceX has agreed to maneuver any of its Starlink…

NASA and SpaceX have signed a joint agreement to formalize both parties’ strong interest in the sharing of information to maintain and improve space safety.Read More

B eef bourguignon and almond cake are among the dishes a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut is looking forward to tucking into when he returns to the International Space Station (ISS) courtesy of SpaceX. Set to launch on April 22, Thomas Pesquet will be the first ESA astronaut to fly…

by Jeff Foust — March 16, 2021 SpaceX's Starship SN10 prototype lifts off on a test flight March 3. Language in a NASA source selection statement suggests that SpaceX bid Starship for a launch of the TROPICS cluster of cubesats. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A NASA competition to launch a…

China is ramping up plans for government-sponsored satellites to beam internet from space, taking on U.S. rivals like SpaceX and Amazon in the race to own the next frontier of connectivity. Why it matters: There's growing concern that China is trying to enter the space internet market with the same…

The menagerie of bacterial and fungal species living among us is ever growing - and this is no exception in low-gravity environments, such as the International Space Station (ISS). Researchers from the United States and India working with NASA have now discovered four strains of bacteria living in different places…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal. Astronaut Mark Vande Hei learned just last week that he’ll launch April 9 on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. The former station resident suspected that might…